Is Your Workplace Psychologically Healthy?

LONDON, ENGLAND - MARCH 15: A man works at a computer in TechHub, an office space for technology start-up entrepreneurs, near the Old Street roundabout in Shoreditch which has been dubbed 'Silicon Roundabout' due to the number of technology companies operating from the area on March 15, 2011 in London, England. Entrepreneurs using TechHub are predominantly product-oriented tech companies who rent desk space and use the fast wifi. The relatively low rental rates and proximity to media and internet companies has made the area close to the roundabout a prime location for IT firms and web entrepreneurs. (Photo by Oli Scarff/Getty Images)File photo.
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When a business cuts back staffing levels, workloads increase for the remaining workforce. Those employees may find themselves devoting more time to the job than to their own needs and the needs of their families.

A national APA study it was found that two-thirds of men and woman reported that their jobs were a major cause of stress in their lives. That stress led one-in-for to call in sick or take a mental health day. The cost to the U.S. labor industry — $300 billion dollars a year in lost productivity.